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No not really. "AIs" today are entirely digital LLMs that can be copied, shared and redistributed for a marginal fee already. "Collecting" AI would make absolut
by talldayo 2y ago
No not really. "AIs" today are entirely digital LLMs that can be copied, shared and redistributed for a marginal fee already. "Collecting" AI would make absolutely no sense, especially since most of the AIs worth collecting cannot be used for commercial/museum-fee purposes. The only such thing that will exist in the future are the people that digitally archive today's model files.
- parisivy 2y agoMusic can be copied, shared and redistributed for a marginal fee. Text even more. Nevertheless, you have record and book collectors. What's the difference?
- talldayo 2y agoRecords and books get official, physical prints? People collect stamps too, but if you turned them into JPEGs those same people wouldn't care anymore.
- parisivy 2y agoPeople collect video or digital art. What would be the difference in that case?
- talldayo 2y agoIn that case, they can collect whatever they want. The unique or special value of owning it in your collection is effectively nothing since I can enjoy the full-fidelity version at no cost wherever I go. This is the inherent problem with "collecting" something that is digital and can be infinitely reproduced. I collect things because they're unique. Things that exist everywhere in abundance are not interesting to me. I could collect Coke-a-Cola bottles, but that wouldn't be special; I'd just be hoarding a bunch of trash.